Russian TV shows aftermath of Moscow plane crash

A Russian passenger plane with up to 12 people on board split into three pieces after sliding off a runway and crashing into a highway outside a Moscow airport on Saturday, officials said.

Initial reports were that at least two people had died in the crash, but that number was later increased to four.

The Russia 24 TV channel showed footage of a wrecked plane on a highway outside Vnukovo airport, with emergency workers trying to access plane doors and working on a mangled section near the front of the fuselage.

An Emergency Situations Ministry official said on television that 12 people were aboard.

The Tupolev-204 passenger plane was operated by the Russian airliner Red Wings and travelling from the Czech Republic, Russian officials said.